- Pakistan asks India to meet IWT’s obligations “faithfully.”
- Fo says that PCA’s ruling occurred after the illegal announcement of India.
- “Indian vindicate award has no right to take unilateral measures.”
Islamabad: Pakistan has asked India to immediately resume the normal functioning of the Indo Water Treaty (IWT), which has been suspended since May, and that it totally and faithfully honors its obligations of the treaty after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued a “supplementary prize” in the case.
“In a supplementary award announced on June 27, 2025, the Court Court of the Pakistan-India dispute over Kishenguanga and Ratle hydroelectric projects have found that their competence remains intact, and that it has the continuous responsibility to advance these procedures in a timely, efficient and fair way,” said the foreign office (FO) in a statement.
“The Arbitration Court decided to announce this supplementary award following the illegal and unilateral announcement of India to celebrate the swing of the Indo’s waters in suspense,” he added.
The FO added that the prize “claims Pakistan’s position that the Treaty of the Water of the Indo remains valid and operational, and that India has no right to take unilateral measures in this regard.”
After the murder of 26 people in the Jammu and Kashmir illegally in April, India celebrated the Treaty of Indo’s waters with Pakistan in suspense. Nueva Delhi accuses Islamabad to orchestrate the mortal militant, an accusation that Pakistan denies.
On the basis of these unfounded accusations, India began the war against Pakistan last month, which was the heaviest struggle that occurred between the two neighboring nations in decades, before the United States reached a high fire and negotiated.
Nuclear weapons neighbors do not agree on the use of water from rivers that flow down from India to the Indo River basin in Pakistan.
The use of water is governed by the Treaty of the Indo waters, which was mediated by the World Bank and signed by the neighbors in September 1960.
Previously, Pakistan welcomed the PCA’s decision to issue a “Supplementary Competition Award” in the case of the Indo waters, reiterating that India could not maintain the suspense treaty unilaterally.
According to the government’s statement, Pakistan welcomed the PCA’s decision and declared that the court affirmed its competence despite the unilateral action of India against the IWT.
“Pakistan hopes to receive the court prize in the first phase on the merits in due course after the hearing held at the Palace of Peace in The Hague in July 2024,” reads the statement.
“The high priority, at this point, is that India and Pakistan find a path back to a significant dialogue, even in the application of the swing of the Indo waters,” added the government.
The failure
The Arbitration Court has issued a supplementary prize reaffirming its jurisdiction in continuous arbitration initiated by Pakistan against India under the IWT.
The ruling addresses recent developments, including the declaration of India in April 2025 that the treaty would be held “in suspense.”
The unanimous sentence, pronounced on June 27, 2025, and binding on both parties without appeal, confirmed that the unilateral decision of India to place the treaty in suspense is not related to the court’s jurisdiction to judge the matter.
The arbitration procedures between Pakistan and India under the Water Treaty of the Indo (IWT) formally began in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, after the request of Pakistan for the establishment of a court on August 19, 2016.
The legal process began under article IX of the Indo Water Treaty, which provides a framework for the resolution of disputes between the two countries on issues related to water.
